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The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kochi or Tangier?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Kochi for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Kochi’s own page.

Choose Tangier for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Kochi 38, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Kochi 66, Tangier 58: Kochi leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Kochi 62, Tangier 57: Kochi leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Kochi 18, Tangier 30: Tangier leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kochi and Tangier are level on 55.
Day trips. Kochi 52, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Kochi 40, Tangier 35: Kochi leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Kochi 44, Tangier 40: Kochi leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Kochi 45, Tangier 42: Kochi leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Kochi 88, Tangier 76: Kochi leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kochi 40, Tangier 28: Kochi leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kochi 70, Tangier 50: Kochi leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kochi and Tangier.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Kochi
Best match
52match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Kochi in July

27 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
439 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Kochi has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKochiTangier
Official languageHindi, EnglishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1
Emergency number108 or 112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation0 m56 m
Main airportCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKochiTangier
City population677,3811,275,428
People per km²7,1386,393
Museums within 10 km46
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.